WestSaxon990(i)
1 [Note: Ðys godspel gebyrað on wodnesdæg on þære gang-wucan to þam uigilian. Subleuatis iesus oculis in cælum dixit. A. ] Ðas þing se hælend spræc. & ahof üpp his eagan to heofenum & cwæð; Fæder tïd ys cumen geswutela þinne sunu þt þin sunu geswutelige þe.
2 & swa þu him sealdest anweald ælces mannes þt he sylle ëce lif eallum þam þe þu him sealdest;
3 Ðis ys soðlice ëce lïf þt hi oncnawon þt þu eart än soþ god. & se ðe þu sendest hælynde crist;
4 Ic þe geswutelode ofer eorþan; ic ge-endode þt weorc þt þu me sealdest to donne;
5 & nu ðu fæder gebeorhta me mid þe sylfon ðære beorhtnysse þe ic hæfde myd þe ærðam þe middan-eard wære;
6 Ic geswutolode þinne naman þam mannon þe ðu me sealdest of middan-earde; Hig wæron þïne & þu hy sealdest me. & hi geheoldon þine spræce;
7 Nu hi gecneowon þt ealle þa þing þe þu me sealdest synd of ðë.
8 forþam ic sealde him þa word ðe ðu sealdest më; & hig under-fengon & oncneowon soðlice þt ic eom of þe. & hig gelyfdon þt þu me sendest;
9 Ic bidde for hig. ne bidde ic for middan-earde. ac for þa þe ðu me sealdest. forþam hi synt þïne.
10 & ealle mine synt þine [Note: Cp. MS. 'ealle þine synt mine.' ] & þïne synt mine. & ic eom geswutelod on him;
11 & nu ic ne cöm on middan-earde. & hi synt on middan-earde & ic cume to Ðe. [Note: Ðys godspel gebyrað on wodnes-dæg on þære feorþan wucan ofer eastron. Respiciens iesus discipulos suos dixit. Pater sancte serua eos in nomine tuo. A. ] On ðære tide se hælend beheold his leorning-cnihtas & cwæð; Haliga fæder heald on ðinum naman þt þu me sealdest þt hi syn än. swa wyt synt
12 þa ic wæs mid him ic heold hi on þinum naman. ic heold þa þe þu me sealdest. & ne for-wearð hyra nän buton forspillydnysse bearn. þt þt halige gewrit sy ge-fylled;
13 Nu ic cume to þe & ðas þing ic sprece on middan-earde þt hi habbon minne gefean gefyllydne on him sylfon;
14 Ic sealde him þine spræce. & middan-eard hi hæfde on hatunge. forþam hi ne synt of middan-earde. swa ic eac ne eom of middan-earde;
15 Ne bidde ic þt þu hi nyme of middan-earde. ac þt þu hi gehealde of yfele;
16 Ne synt hi of middan-earde swa ic ne eom of middan-earde;
17 Ge-halga him soþfæstnysse. þin spræc ys soðfæstnyss;
18 Swa þu me sendest on middan-eard. ic sende hi on middan-eard.
19 & for hig ic halgige me sylfne þt hig syn eac gehalgode on soðfæstnysse;
20 Witodlice ne gebidde ic for hi äne ac ëac for ða þe gyt sceolon gelyfan. þurh hyra word on me.
21 þt ealle sÿn än. swa þu fæder eart on me. & ic eom on ðe þt hig syn eäc än on unc þt middan-eard gelyfe þt þu me sendest;
22 & ic sealde him þa beorhtnysse þe ðu me sealdest þt hi syn än swa wyt syn än;
23 Ic eom on him & þu eart on me þt hi syn ge-endode on än. þt middan-eard on-cnawe þt þu me sendest & lufodest [hig. swa þu me lufodest.]
24 Fæder. ic wylle þt þa þe þu me sealdest syn mid me þar ic eom. þt hig geseon mine beorht-nysse þe þu me sealdest forþam þu lufodest me. ær middan-eard gesett wæs;
25 La riht-wïsa fæder middan-eard þe ne gecneow. witodlice ic ðe gecneow & hi oncneowon þt þu me sendyst.
26 & ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan þt seo lufu ðe þu me lufodest sy on him & ic eom on him.